Aflasafe is a revolutionary biocontrol product, developed by IITA, United States Department of
Agriculture – Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS), and national partners, which reduces
the prevalence of aflatoxins in treated maize and groundnut by 80% - 99% from farm to store.
Following years of painstaking scientific work to develop products tailored for Africa and firmly
establish their efficacy, Aflasafe is ready to be manufactured and distributed to farmers at
scale.
The Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Commercialization (ATTC) Project is designed to
carefully but efficiently identify strategic options for partnership with private companies or
government entities, execute those partnerships and help ensure the products reaches millions
of farmers.
The ATTC Project, funded jointly by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Gates Foundation), is designed
to run for five years. It is slated to cover 11 countries where aflasafe is, or will soon be a
nationally registered product: Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, The Gambia, Zambia, Burkina Faso,
Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi and Uganda. In each country the project will be
responsible for
(1) developing a country strategy,
(2) working with the Aflasafe Advisory Board to refine that strategy,
(3) based on the strategy, develop partnerships with specific government and private entities interested in manufacturing and distributing aflasafe,
(4) execute tech transfer agreements with those entities, and
(5) continue to provide technical
support, help ensure continued product quality and monitor product usage by farmers.
